The man from Cap Arcona

Movie
Original title	The man from Cap Arcona
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1982
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Lothar Bellag
script	Lothar Bellag Werner Bergmann
production	DEFA on behalf of East German television
music	Bernd Wefelmeyer
camera	Werner Bergmann
cut	Bärbel Bauersfeld
occupation
Erwin Geschonneck : Erwin Gregorek Lothar Bellag Klaus Gehrke Wilhelm Koch-Hooge : Kunzig Jana Břežková: Irene Syring Barbara Schnitzler Joachim Siebenschuh Vít Olmer : Harry Bazulis Karin Reif Roman Kaminski : Toni Eisert Bohumil Vávra Václav Voska

The man from Cap Arcona is a DEFA film for GDR television from 1982.

The film shows part of the life story of the main actor Erwin Geschonneck .

The background is the story of Cap Arcona , which was accidentally shot at and sunk by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Lübeck on May 3, 1945 with several thousand concentration camp prisoners on board .

Web links

• The man of the Cap Arcona in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The man from Cap Arcona at filmportal.de